In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.